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fjtorres · 10-20-2010, 02:25 PM

1- Where are you reading? At home? Many different locations?
2- What are you reading? A lot of people think PDFs are real ebooks; they're not but if you need to display them a lot the screen size *will* matter. Especially for technical documents.
3- How's your eyesight? ;-) The smaller readers tend to have higher resolution than the bigger ones (200dpi at 5in, 167dpi at 6in, ~150dpi at 9+ in).

Once you settle on your needs, then you need to look for matches; some readers don't offer up terribly large maximum font sizes, which may be an issue if you're looking for a large-text reader. PDF display ranges from unreadable to tolerable on most smaller readers. Customizability is also likely to be an issue as are ergonomics; you need to consider how you're likely to handle the thing.

Above all, think about your specific *reading* needs/preferences; the reason different people are happy with different brands and models is because everybody has different needs and weigh those needs differently. It's not about the gadget; it's really all about you and your reading.

10-20-2010, 02:25 PM	#23
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	1- Where are you reading? At home? Many different locations? 2- What are you reading? A lot of people think PDFs are real ebooks; they're not but if you need to display them a lot the screen size will matter. Especially for technical documents. 3- How's your eyesight? ;-) The smaller readers tend to have higher resolution than the bigger ones (200dpi at 5in, 167dpi at 6in, ~150dpi at 9+ in). Once you settle on your needs, then you need to look for matches; some readers don't offer up terribly large maximum font sizes, which may be an issue if you're looking for a large-text reader. PDF display ranges from unreadable to tolerable on most smaller readers. Customizability is also likely to be an issue as are ergonomics; you need to consider how you're likely to handle the thing. Above all, think about your specific reading needs/preferences; the reason different people are happy with different brands and models is because everybody has different needs and weigh those needs differently. It's not about the gadget; it's really all about you and your reading.